"Me?"
Ulit ko pa sa sinabi ng kaharap ko na sinabing ihahatid daw ako habang nakatingin sa sasakyan at sa kanya. I mean hindi naman pangit yung sasakyan nya or siya pero hindi ko sya kilala. I frown as I look at him taking in his appearance wondering if he has mistaken me from somebody.
"Um yes I can give you a ride home?" Patanong nya pang sinabi kahit nagsusuggest ata siya, hindi makatingin ng diretso sakin. He looks so unsure.
Ako din di ako sure kung anong nangyayari. Luminga linga ako thinking this is some kind of prank and I was unfortunately the victim. I was prone to those kind of things. Nung parang hindi naman tinignan ko sya ulit.
"Sorry pero salamat nalang may sundo akong hinihintay." I declined politely. Ngumiti ako ng bahagya para sabihin na hindi ako interesado.
He looks....young.
Anyway di ko sya kilala so I think its understandable na hindi ako sasama kahit siguro nagmamagandang loob lang sya at mukha namang harmless. Actually mas mukha syang harmless at mabait kaysa sakin. One look and I'll know. Still I know this kind of thing and where would this lead to. I know.
Tumingin na sya saakin ng diretso medyo matagal mga 6 seconds. Yes i counted i always counted. Namula sya sabay hawak sa batok at umatras ng konti na parang di sya komportable sa distansya. Nangiti ako. Hindi ko napigilan. Oh I've seen this too many times that I know exactly what he is up to.
Up to me.
"May sundo ka?" Tanong nya pa ulit.
Easy boy easy.
Sasagot na sana ako ng magsalita sya ulit habang pasulyap sulyap lang sakin.
"Pero wala namang sumusundo sayo. Naghihintay ka lagi ng taxi." Mahina nyang sinabi na parang ingat na ingat na magkamali. Sa sobrang hina na feeling ko hindi ko dapat marinig yun.
Okay this is weird.
Hinagod ko siya ng tingin that can make someone really uncomfortable or concious but I don't care.
Katulad ko estudyante lang din sya dahil pareho lang din ang uniform namin and he looks young. Yes he's definitely young. A bit lean pero maputi at maayos naman manamit and when I mean maayos like average maayos yung lagi mo ng nakikita that you'll never bother to take a second look. He looks so unsure of everything. Though as I stared at him longer those thick dark hair is surely confident that falls slightly those black...brown...black shy eyes. Or is it brown? Hindi ata bagay sa kanya. Those long eyelashes then thick eyebrows pointed nose na hindi bagay ata sa pagiging unsure nya ngayon and cute lips. Mukha naman syang mabait. He's cute but not my type.
Too easy for me.
Too forgiving for me.
Okay. Lets get over this.
"You know that sound creepy right?" Napangiwi pa ako habang tumingin sa paligid. Asan na ba yun?
Mukha syang natauhan at nanlaki pa ang mga mata na parang ngayon lang naintindihan ang ibig kung sabihin. Mukha syang may sasabihin pero hindi matuloy tuloy. I frown. Hindi ba sya magpapakilala? Halata naman sigurong hindi ko sya kilala?
"Um I'm sorry lagi kitang nakikita dito tap-"
"I can see that" bored na putol ko sa sasabihin nya na ikinaputla nya agad and rapidly blink while shaking his head like he thought of something...I dont know.
Okay this is really getting weird.
Ano bang iniisip nito? Alam ko na meron. I've seen those kind faces that surely is thinking of something. So i know na iba yung iniisip nito sa sagot sa tanong ko.
"Sorry I'm... Sam?" Tumaas agad ang kilay ko not because mukhang pati sa pangalan nya hindi sya sure but because something is interestingly wierd right now.
Nakita kong pinunas nya sa pants ang kamay bago itinaas para makipagkamay. I look at his hand them to him wondering what if my conclusion is right.
I dont want to seem rude kahit nawiwirduhan ako sa kanya nakipagkamay pa rin ako atleast he finaly introduced himself.
He got soft hands and I dont know pero nahiya ako sa kamay ko which is wierd because I have soft smooth hands sabi ni mommy. He then let go of my hand in a rush na para bang nakakapaso ang kamay ko.
I smirk. Hindi ko napigilan. I know this. Definitely.
I just shake his hand never bother to say my name for I know for sure he already knows. He looks like he'd been watching me long enough to know things.
He glance at my retreating hands then to my face and smiled shyly hanggang sa naagaw na ang atensyon ko sa paparating.
Napalingon ako sa bagong dating na sasakyan I just cant help it. My boyfriend had that blue BMW that will totally grab anyones attention even this cute guy I mean... Sam? Even glance at its way.
I walk confidently while Joshua open the door for me. He smiled at me gorgeously and I cant help it but just swoon even he's my boyfriend? and we got to see each other everyday I just cant simply ignore this man. Anyway kakasagot ko lang naman sakanya after recieving months of courtship from him. I'm a girl after all.
Maeffort. Mayaman. Gorgeous car. Face. Body and of course popular. Maraming kaibigan. Maraming kakilala. Just the way i like it. So who am i to say no.
He is the kind of guy girls go for. Girls like me.
Or so I thought.
He smirk.
"What a show off"
Nakangiti ko pang sabi ng makalapit na and give him a peck in his lips.
"And you like it?" Nakangiti nya pang baling sakin na sinagot ko lang ng ngiti.
Umikot sya para makapasok na at makaalis. "Okay were going on a date." Baling nya sakin na parang yon ang pinakaimportanteng bagay sa kanya. Well...yes. Sa kanya. Lang.
Ngumiti ako sakanya at tumingin sa labas habang paalis na kami. Then I saw the guy standing still in place where I left him. Naramdaman kong hinawakan ni Josh ang kamay ko ngumiti ako at bumaling sa kanya, nakangiti sya yung ngiting sobrang saya at pasimpleng hinalikan ang kamay ko at ngumiti sakin. Ngiting ikinapipilipit sa kilig ng mga classmates ko. Oh what a familiar scene. Nakakaexcite. This should be fun.
Samandra Altia always have fun.
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